February 24 1012
Are a fan of 1960’s British TV spy drama? Of course you are! Who isn’t? If you are anything like me, and heaven help you if you are, the following story out of Switzerland may strike you as a bit sinister.
This is The Village! You remember the Prisoner, right? Patrick McGoohan was a former spy, known only as Number Six, who was kidnapped and brought to a mysterious village- just like the one in the article!- where he was subjected to psychological torture and bizarre experiments to break him down and discover the secret of why he retired.
Don’t know this show? It is only 17 episodes, go see it! Heck, here is the entire first episode:
(Don’t tell me you don’t have an hour to spare, watch it!)
Is it a good idea to round-up Alzheimer patients and subject them to mental torture in an attempt to break their wills and terrorize them with a giant balloon?
The question is Imponderable.
Imponderably contrived, that it.
And while we’re at it, here is episode two:
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
Yeah, I didn’t really adhere to the spirit of the Imponderable tonight. Sorry.
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The Prisoner–2 thumbs up.
But I think there is an imponderable here–i.e., would Alzheimer’s patients even notice that the village looks like the 50s?
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Thank you for saving the spirit of the Imponderable.
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I spent almost six months 24/7 with Alzheimer’s patients, while they occasionally have very brief moments of almost clear-mindedness, I think in general they would have no idea at all where and when they are, unfortunately.
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If you lived on the border with it like me, you’d know that Switzerland as a whole is imponderable 😉
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Got a problem with cukoo clocks, chocolate, and neutrality?
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I most definitely have no problem with chocolate 😉 But they are really peculiar people – not necessarily in a bad way, just very peculiar. Quite imponderable, in fact.
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Not to mention the banking system!
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Banks… guess what the advantage of being neutral is?
I guess the only place with more dirty secrets than Swiss banks is the Vatican…
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Hmmm, I believe the Vatican is in Italy.
What do you know, Mac????
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To be precise, the Vatican is an independent state. Just to make sure nobody else could investigate their crimes, you know.
Its independence is Mussolini’s doing, by the way. Nice one, Benito, let’s add that to the long list of your awesome deeds.
So… sorry, I know a lot, like the rest of the world, but there is nothing I can prove. And it wouldn’t make any difference if I could…
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